MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
digital education technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Mali to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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